{"id":368,"date":"2025-05-16T05:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:09:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"368\" class=\"elementor elementor-368\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57e9eac5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57e9eac5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1950f28a\" data-id=\"1950f28a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f1c0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37f1c0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I write the way I live\u2014with rhythm, restraint, and the occasional rupture.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160c2796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"160c2796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">I&#8217;m Julian. I&#8217;m a poet. A father. A strategist by trade. I spent 15 years building brands across continents, but I never stopped writing lines meant for no one but myself. This is my quiet rebellion: a space for poems, music, essays &#8211; and the stories I haven&#8217;t told elsewhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263102a5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"263102a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw-1024x427.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-374\" alt=\"julian the poet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hero-bw.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4368fb6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4368fb6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91cc3bb\" data-id=\"91cc3bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-24e7721a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24e7721a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13f42946\" data-id=\"13f42946\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6697b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b6697b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poetry That Remembers What You Forgot to Feel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a7d10aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a7d10aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Some poems are love letters. Others are wounds I wrote my way out of. I write about love, lust, betrayal, belief, fatherhood, and the haunting ache of silence.<\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">You won&#8217;t find filters here. Just verse, a little blood, and maybe a thread to pull you back to yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5363f6a9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5363f6a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62193f0c\" data-id=\"62193f0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752fde4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"752fde4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lo-fi for the Longing Heart<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b949f14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b949f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">I make music when words need a beat to breathe.<\/p><p><em>Aster Street<\/em> is a lo-fi track I made in 2020 during a wave of homesickness. I lived on that street in Fairview, Quezon City. The cover photo? I took it one day outside our house, looking up at the kind of sky that feels like it remembers you. Some songs are memories you can loop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fee3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6fee3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/76vDT8qs3ZqfSonKGkcqK1?utm_source=generator&theme=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ba94b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85ba94b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1h0OlEzn38c6rGWMY5R993?si=uWA_ylhSQY6dd6V42Izm0A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Listen on Spotify<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f20b8b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f20b8b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64dce063\" data-id=\"64dce063\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca4dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ca4dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who I Am, Between the Lines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc82af1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc82af1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">I\u2019m Julian Sison. I\u2019ve worked in marketing for over 15 years, crafting messages that convert, stories that sell, and brands that breathe. But beneath all that, I\u2019ve always been a writer.<\/p><p>I\u2019m a father of two. I overthink. I burn out sometimes. I believe in restraint, in discipline, in making work that actually means something.<\/p><p>This site isn\u2019t about selling a service. It\u2019s about collecting the scattered pieces of myself\u2014poems, songs, reflections\u2014and maybe offering something useful to those who are also trying to make sense of their own mess.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b798720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b798720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On Words, Work, and Wonder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c6eda5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c6eda5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-25fff67d\" data-id=\"25fff67d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76bd6d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76bd6d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/neve-minimal-blogger-06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/neve-minimal-blogger-06.jpg 900w, https:\/\/juliansison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/neve-minimal-blogger-06-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b018f1c\" data-id=\"7b018f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d5591e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d5591e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Essays about what it means to create, to parent, to build, to unravel, and to show up anyway.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3173a4\" data-id=\"e3173a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746bd2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-recent-posts\" data-id=\"746bd2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-recent-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<h5>Recent Posts<\/h5>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/08\/magical-marketing-how-the-aida-model-moves-from-attention-to-action\/\">Magical Marketing: How the AIDA Model Moves from Attention to Action<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/the-power-of-principles-a-review-of-ray-dalios-principles\/\">The Power of Principles: A Review of Ray Dalio\u2019s \u201cPrinciples\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/6-steps-to-create-a-simple-marketing-plan-that-works\/\">6 Steps to Create a Simple Marketing Plan that Works<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/from-manila-to-maple-leaf-leaving-an-established-career-to-pursue-a-canadian-dream\/\">From Manila to Maple Leaf: Leaving an Established Career to Pursue a Canadian Dream<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/juliansison.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/courage-cancer-and-crossovers-a-lesson-in-motivation-and-discipline\/\">Courage, Cancer, and Crossovers: A Lesson in Motivation &#038; Discipline<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d9ec0a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d9ec0a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3201ac7d\" data-id=\"3201ac7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66509d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66509d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stay Close to the Quiet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5747c723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5747c723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">I send out thoughts that never make it to LinkedIn. Poems too raw, lessons too personal, moments too fleeting.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;d like to hear from me once or twice a month\u2014no spam, no funnels, just honest signal\u2014drop your email below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bdd00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"67bdd00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Send Me a Secret<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f3a313 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f3a313\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6458be6\" data-id=\"6458be6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I write the way I live\u2014with rhythm, restraint, and the occasional rupture. 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